Maharashtra Times User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience36.2% of reviews
Neutral8.7% of reviews
Negative experience55.1% of reviews

~ Based on 69 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Maharashtra Times Safe?

Maharashtra Times-Marathi News has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Maharashtra Times is 64/100.

This assessment is based on 48 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.1/5.

Safety Analysis

47.9% of ratings point to a safe experience
14.6% of ratings suggest some concerns
37.5% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 48 App Store ratings for Maharashtra Times.

Is Maharashtra Times Legit?

Maharashtra Times-Marathi News appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Maharashtra Times is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Very poor quality

I am a regular reader of ma ta hard print edition, but in this digital version quality of news is very poor coupled with basic mistakes in the language , topped up by irritating adds which blocks your screen

Stop the Ads

Annoying ads all the time. I am confused whether this is a Maharashtra Times app or a Google App. Google has dominated this App with their adds. Feels like Maharashtra Times are slaves and Google is masters.

The videos in news gets change before viewing it

I was reading a news and at the bottom i can see a video related to this. When i try to play that video it changes and very unrelated video is getting played. This is weird i can see. The actual video should be played at the end of the news.

Stop the Ads

Annoying ads all the time. I am confused whether this is a Maharashtra Times app or a Google App. Google has dominated this App with their adds. Feels like Maharashtra Times are slaves and Google is masters.

I am disappointed as the reader's comments on news articles are disabled.

I am disappointed as the reader's comments on news articles have been disabled. Most of the news articles from MT online journalists are biased and against current Central and State governments.

Very average app

Big brand in newspapers but quality of news published on app are very average. App doesn’t work many times. Too many advertisements
I was loyal reader but now uninstalled this app

Very poor quality

I am a regular reader of ma ta hard print edition, but in this digital version quality of news is very poor coupled with basic mistakes in the language , topped up by irritating adds which blocks your screen

Agonising experience

Very poor , unable to log in , you cannot comment on the post even when you sign in with authentication, log in crashes many times , too many ads in this version . I think they do not give access to you if you criticises them .

Unable to write review on news on iPhone

Unable to write reviews on the news on iPhone app

Plz remove the Advertisements

Can you please get rid of the ad popup? There are too many advertisements on this app.
I like all the news that you guys are providing but I didn’t like the Ad’s on the app.

Ads

Getting irritated by the ads.
I understand that its mode of income. But it should not be irritating

The latest version keeps pushing ads

The latest version from Oct/2020 is really bad.
Even if you select largest font size, it is unreadable .
When you click on news it bring some ad which you cannot close. There is no end time for the ads to complete. So you have to restart the Mata app. I have removed mata from my phone. Very frustrating.
Overall the apps is becoming useless.
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Response from developer

Dear User, Sincere apologies for delay in responding to your review as we missed replying to some of the reviews due to some technical glitch at our end. We have fixed the issue you faced during November 2020 month related the ad close button and hope the same is resolved at your end while using our application. For any assistance do write to us on mtappfeedback@timesinternet.in and we would love to assist you. Thanks, Ashish

No control over user comments

Many times have observed ppl are openly abusing and spreading hatred towards certain community. Many a times blatant lies are being spread although I have reported multiple times there has been no response or action on such elements by the app owner / developer.

Response from developer

Hi There, please be informed that the concern has been highlighted to our team. We request your forbearance in the matter. For any queries feel free to write to us at mtappfeedback@timesinternet.in. Thanks, Maharashtra Times

App take longer time read news

Every time app takes longer time to read news. Mostly the ads appear and after add still news now show properly because of wrong layout. Developer and organisation both need to work on this issue otherwise app will down soon.

Response from developer

Hi There, we appreciate your valuable feedback in this regard. Please be informed that the concern has been highlighted to our team. We request your forbearance in the matter. For any queries feel free to write to us at mtappfeedback@timesinternet.in. Thanks!

Very buggy app

The app takes hours to load the news or the article. Percentage of advertisements is much higher. Some advertisements can’t be closed unless watched.
Improve the app or just take it back.
Secondly, in remarks very abusing language is used to write the reviews. Why MT can’t control it?

Now next idea to deter readers from reading is to flash an advertisement which have no ‘shut off’ button. Either you need to keep watching the ad or close the app.
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Response from developer

Hi Arvind, we are extremely sorry for the inconvenience. To help you with this, we have shared the feedback with our team. We will do our best to give you a pleasant experience with the app. For more, you can contact us at mtappfeedback@timesinternet.in.

New UI is just very poor

Using MaTa app from almost last 6 to 7 years.
Seems that MaTa wants us to uninstall the app and look for something else.
Advertisements have taken over from content and less important news have been given more Important than actual news. e.g People who read Marathi news paper are definitely very much less interested in relationship and electronics news (where iphone prices dropped news appears many times, which is justified by saying you can use credit card) than actual news which we see in print version.
News are not loading many times even on wifi.
We have long left the expectations of proof reading but day by day it is getting worse.
We expect the great MaTa to be back with full of its richness and just does not follow the cheap local media apps which just do not have quality.
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Deteriorating quality

After the update, it seems like the ads have taken primary positions replacing the news.
Anyway in past few days the content has also deteriorated. The language has worsened. There is no proof reading, content is blindly (or possibly mechanically) translated from English/Hindi without even checking the basic meaning.
Doesn’t really feel like we are reading the great ‘MaTa’. It’s like any other cheap media which keeps running behind fake news / sensationalism.
This is more so about the app, the print version much better and still has maintained some quality.
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Response from developer

Hi Manas, to hear such feedback is very upsetting and is certainly not the impression we want you to have of us. It would be helpful if you can share a screenshot of an article that has mistakes in it. Give us an opportunity to put things right by sharing details. We are reachable at mtappfeedback@timesinternet.in. Thanks, Maharashtra Times

Good example of how to sabotage a good app

The app is riddled with clickbaits, advertisements which doesn’t close, useless articles.
I have been reading this newspaper since I was a child and still wished to continue but the management is doing everything possible to reduce to readership of this newspaper application. Sad.

Response from developer

This is unpleasant to hear, Amol. Not the impression we want you to have of us. It would be helpful if you can share a screenshot of an issue. Give us an opportunity to put things right by sharing details. We are reachable at mtappfeedback@timesinternet.in. Thanks, Maharashtra Times

Where is the dark mode?

The latest version is clumsy. Where is the dark mode which was there before?

Consuming more Battery and mobile getting hung

This app consuming lot of battery. It also running very slow and mobile gets hung in between. Please resolve these issues

Response from developer

Dear Vishal, We are sorry that we didn't meet your expectations. Please let us know if the issue is still there. Drop us an email at mtappfeedback@timesinternet.in and we will definitely try to resolve the issue. Thanks, Anish